Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-29
MAY FALL THROUGH.
General Manager Of the Reading Says
Operation Of the Road Is Al
most Unobstructed.
The Services OF Pinkerton Detectives are
Secured at Philadelphia to Protect the
Company's Property.
STILL OUT.

Railroads knights of Labor here are still !
out, and declare they will not return TO
work until their discharged associates at |
this place are reinstated. Three train |
crews Of non-union men are at work, but |
there are thirty-fve locomotives here |
without crews. Collieries in this locality |
sre all idle, owing to lack of transporta-
ton facilities. Railroad strikers, how
ever, declare thst the miners will 60 on
strike as soon as requested to do SO. |
Good order prevails among the strikers. |
QUIT WORK AGAIN.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 28.-A num- |
Der of men engaged at work at the Read |
lpg Company coal wharves st Port Rich |
mond again quit woIk this afternoon. |
The :rain dispatcher there, however,
states that seven engines were laid of by
the compsny's orders, that the men
thought this meant strike, ard many
eftwOrk, but that they are going back IS
fast as they are told the facts.
VERY LITTLE OBSTRUCTION.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 28-Genersl
Manager Mcleod OF the Philadelphia and
Rsading Railroad Company said this
morning that the operation of the road is
almost without Instructions. From
.
Offices it was learned that twenty-five
north bound and twenty-three south
bound coal trains were moved yester-
day as well rs all freight that
mad accumulated in the city. An official
siid that the men were not generally
o5eVing the order OF the Knights to quit
work again, because the company had
publicly guaranteed them protection, and
thst there were sufficient at work this
morning to carry on operations Of the
road properly. A leading official of the
company declared be had not heard
ANYTHING in reference to the reported
order for a renewal Of the strike. He
doubted the issuance of such an order,
and sid: at can have no serious effect,
as at least one half the men at work are
new men and would not be governed by
any action of the Knights of Labor COM
mittee II such thing should happen
we woUl only be slightly crippled in our
service, and that only for short time, as
lam sure that it would only be matter
Of d few days until a full force could be
secured and thorough filing of ell re-
Quirements attained"
FREIGHT TRAINS MOVING.
READING, PA, Dec. % Coal and
freight traffic this morning was frmlysre-
established on the main line of the Read
ing railroad. Up to noon to-day twenty
two empty coal trains passed through
Reading from Port Richmond, and thirty
loaded trains from the coal regions.
Some Of the latter had been standing on
the siding north of Reading for the past
few DAYS and are now being moved.
The notice OF Chairman Lee OF the ex-
ecutive committee to the assemblies Of
Knights OF Labor, revoking the order to
90 to work and once more calling out the
Philadelphia and Reading men, has not
yet reached Reading. 1t will not be
needed by the employees who have already
refused to go cut, and by their seton on
Monday broke the backbone of the strike.
They all are at work to-day.
The call for Reading Railroad en-
ployes' convention to meet here to-mor-
row for aggressive measures against the
company has not created much excite
ment in this city, and the indications are
that it will be very SHINY attended, az the
orders of the company are strict to the
effect that the men must remain on duty
and attend no such convention during
working hours. The miners will be most
largely represented.
The fact that about thirty members of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
obtained engines held by the Knights has
made the feeling between these parties
very bitter. Probably 500 new hands have
been employed at the Office in this
city in the place OF old ones, and sent to
points where they were needed.
DISCOUNTED KNIGHTS.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, Dec. 28-Notwith-
standing the fact that the Knights OF
Labor leaders declare there is neral
ill eli no ~ ha Deif
road there is no perceptibIe interruption
of operations here. The usual compile
ment of coal trains left Palo Alto this
morning, mostly manned by non-union
crews and brotherhood engineers.
Knights of Labor leaders Gppsar discom-
fitted and disappointed ST the situation
and outlook.
GATHERINGS OF KNIGHTS.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, Dec. 2S-The
strikers who resumed work yesterday re-
ported for duty as ususl at Port Rich
mond this morning. The freight at the
wharves was handled as usual and in the
round house sll was hustle. There were
gatherings Of Knights at one or two of
the headquarters, at which there
was much growing at the dis
charge of their leaders and numerous
declarations of willingness to resume the
strike, but no formal meetings were held
and no action toward again calling the
hands out was taken. There is plenty of
discomfort over the situation, and this
afternoon seven of fourteen crews
Ia charge of engines at Port Rich
mond ran them on sidings and
abandoned them. Superintendent Keim
at once went to the whsrves, personally
thanked the crews of the seven engines
for their loyalty and told them if they
thought il un.afe to remain on their en-
gines that their places would be held open
for them. Mr.. Keim also called in the
aid of fifty Pinkerton detectives to protect
the property and men ct work. About
500 men are guarding the compeny's
yards and wharves. They are in citizens
dress, and are thus enabled to keep
posted as to he plans Of the strikers,
which they report TO the officials from
time to time. Loyal operators of the
company are TO be supplied with clubs
for self defense.
NOT HAND TURNED.
ST. CLAIR, PA Dec, 2S.-Not single